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Ships in a BOX from Central Missouri! May not include working access code. Will not include dust jacket. Has used sticker(s) and some writing or highlighting. UPS shipping for most packages, (Priority Mail for AK/HI/APO/PO Boxes).

Library of America, New York, 1995. 1st Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Fine Condition/No Dust Jacket as issued. Library of America series. Book comes in its original slipcase. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Literature & Literary; ISBN: 0940450836. ISBN/EAN: 9780940450837. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 23090. . 9780940450837

1st printing. Fine condition, never read. Note that this is a slipcase edition, exclusive to subscribers and issued without a dust jacket. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards.

First editions of the Library of American compilations of the works of both fiction and non-fiction of Zora Neale Hurston. Octavo, 2 volumes, original cloth, ribbon bound in. Edited by Cheryl A. Wall. Fine in fine dust jackets. These volumes bring together for the first time all of Zora Neale Hurston's best works in one authoritative set.

First Edition (1934.) Hardcover lacking dust jacket. 8vo with 316 pages. The book is in poor condition with shelf wear and some wear to most edges. Water damage to covers and spine. Some toning due to age. Interior is clean and tight. Two previous owner's signatures on front paste down and front free endpaper. Pictures available upon request. "Zora Neale Hurston's first novel, originally published in 1934, tells the story of John Buddy Pearson, a living exultation of a young man who loves too many women for his own good.Zora Neale Hurston's portrayal of her world of men, women, and love is unforgettable in its vividness. Her people, and their triumphs and tragedies, will remain in the memory of the reader forever.One of the 20th century's greatest authors, and a woman who truly understands her characters' motivations." Brown-Green spine/Brown text. #034256 Size: 8vo

Bound in finely woven light green cloth with a drawing of the gourd vine on the front boards. A survivor of the *Hall Johnson fire in NYC, this copy has some darkening to the spine and the edges of the front boards. From the May Company Lending Li brary and with the front inside flap of the dust jacket pasted onto the half-title page.This copy is signed by *"Hall Johnson/ Hollywood" on the half-title page. No scent of smoke, only the discoloration to the boards. A scarce item from Hall Johnson's collection. Note: African American choral leader Hall Johnson worked with Walt Disney; and the Hall Johnson Choir was featured in the soundtracks on Snow White, Dumbo, and Song of the South. Hall Johnson was a highly regarded choral director, composer, arranger, and violinist who dedicated his career to preserving the integrity of the Black spiritual as it had been performed during the era of slavery. His Hall Johnson Choir, the first professional group of its kind, enjoyed a successful concert and recording career for more than three decades in the United States and abroad. During his professional life Johnson coached hundreds of distinguished musicians, including the famous opera singer Marian Anderson. Virtually every Black singer of note has performed Johnson s solo compositions and arrangements. Born on March 12, 1888, in Athens, Georgia, Hall Johnson was the son of William Decker Johnson, a minister, and Alice Virginia Sansom, a former slave. Johnson was given his first at age 14, with which he taught himself to play. Athens was home to a large, prosperous African American middle class, with excellent schools, and Johnson did well. He graduated from the preparatory school in 1903 and then moved on to Allen University in Columbia, South Carolina, where his father had recently been named president. In 1908, Johnson switched his studies to the University of Pennsylvania. After receiving his college degree in 1912, Johnson returned to Athens. Johnson gained a reputation as an excellent music teacher, and played violin in the orchestras of several Broadway productions, performing behind great entertainers such as Eubie Blake, Noble Sissle, and Josephine Baker. He found additional work in more than one dance band, including a stint touring the United States with a group known as the Southern Syncopated Orchestra. In 1923, he took the seat of the violinist in a chamber music group he helped form called the Negro String Quartet. The group performed pieces across a wide spectrum from the standard classical canon to contemporary pieces by African Americans. Johnson produced his own Broadway musical in 1933, Run Little Chillun, a production he called a folk opera. Johnson worked with Walt Disney; and the Hall Johnson Choir was featured in the soundtracks on Snow White, Dumbo, and Song of the South. Over his lifetime, Johnson was a consummate breaker of barriers, and not just between White and Black or between the world of churches and the world of mass entertainment. On April 30, 1970, Johnson died when a fire broke out in his New York apartment building. This volume is from Hall Johnson s library, much of which was salvaged from the Brooklyn fire. First Edition with the copyright of 1934 and no subsequent printings listed.

First edition of the author's first book. Octavo, bound in full morocco by the Harcourt Bindery, gilt titles to the spine, gilt ruled to the front and rear panels, raised bands, inner dentelles, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. In near fine condition, name to the title page. With an introduction by Fanny Hurst. Rare and desirable. Praised by Carl Sandburg as "a bold and beautiful book, many a page priceless and unforgettable." Written in only three to four months in 1934, Jonah's Gourd Vine is the first novel published by acclaimed anthropologist, writer, and Harlem Renaissance personality Zora Neale Hurston. The book, based loosely on her parents' lives, explores the life and consciousness of John Pearson and his relationship with his wife Lucy Potts and other women in the town. Pearson was depicted as a minister in a small black Florida town, Eatonville, which in reality was Hurston's hometown. In Hurston's work one hears and feels the authentic voice, power, and sensibilities of people and places. In this novel, she used events from her childhood and the sermons she heard as a preacher's daughter to give structure and texture to this novel.

First edition. Introduction by Fannie Hurst. Relatively discreet ex-library copy with public library stamp on title page overstamped "Withdrawn, " light evidence of pocket removed, hinges professionally strengthened with cloth, the usual sunning to the sensitive green cloth, still about very good lacking the rare dust jacket. This is W. E. B. DuBois's copy with his rubberstamped ownership facsimile signature. The author's rare first book, a novel about a big, lovable Alabama preacher with a strong appetite for extramarital affection. A terrific association.

First edition. Introduction by Fannie Hurst. Relatively discreet ex-library copy with public library stamp on title page overstamped "Withdrawn, " light evidence of pocket removed, hinges professionally strengthened with cloth, the usual sunning to the sensitive green cloth, still about very good lacking the rare dust jacket. This is W. E. B. DuBois's copy with his rubberstamped ownership facsimile signature. The author's rare first book, a novel about a big, lovable Alabama preacher with a strong appetite for extramarital affection. A terrific association.